| TENNESSEE 2001-02: |
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Dedicated
player and an outstanding student...
Amanda spent two weeks this past
summer in Ghana completing a
practicum for nursing school...
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| TENNESSEE 2000-01: |
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Saw action in eight games while logging
2.4 minutes per contest...
Averaged 1.5 ppg...Posted a season
high six points against Ole Miss... She
canned 9 out of 10 of her free throw
tries on the season...Amanda was
named to the All-SEC Academic team
again...
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| TENNESSEE 1999-2000: |
| 1999-00: Amanda saw action
in nine games as a sophomore and
scored in over one-half of the contests...
Played in her fourth NCAA
Tournament contest against Furman...
Amanda was named to the All-SEC
Academic Team...
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| TENNESSEE 1998-99: |
| Amanda
joined the Lady Vols as a walk-on from
tradition-rich Shelbyville Central H.S.
and was just the 10th walk-on since
1980...Due to her dedication and commitment
to the program, Coach Pat
Summitt extended a scholarship to
Amanda in January 1999...The third
player ever to join the program from
Shelbyville...Amanda played in 19
games as a rookie and averaged 0.7
ppg and 0.4 rpg...Recorded career
highs of eight points and two rebounds
against Appalachian State in the
NCAA Tournament...Played in three of
the four NCAA Tournament games...
Connected on her first career points in
a Lady Vol uniform, scoring on a pair of
free throws in the win over Stanford in
Knoxville... Earned Dean's List honors
in her first year at UT.
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| HIGH SCHOOL: |
| CAREER HIGHS: |
Points: 8 vs. Appalachian State (3-13-99)
Rebounds: 2 vs. Appalachian State (3-13-99)
Assists: 1 vs. Illinois (11-25-00)*
Steals: 1 vs. Appalachian State (3-13-99)*
Blocks: 0
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| 2000-01 SEASON HIGHS: |
Points: 6 vs. Mississippi (2-8-01)
Rebounds: 1 vs. Kentucky (1-27-01)
Assists: 1 vs. Illinois (11-25-00)
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
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| Career NCAA: |
Tournament Highs
Points: 8 vs. Appalachian State (3-13-99)
Rebounds: 2 vs. Appalachian State (3-13-99)
Assists: 0
Steals: 1 vs. Appalachian State (3-13-99)*
Blocks: 0
* Indicates most recent high
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Amanda was a four year
letterwinner at Shelbyville Central
and served one year as captain...She
was named 1998 Mid-State Player of
the Year and voted District 8 Most
Valuable Player...Averaged 22 points
and six steals per game as a senior and
recorded a single-game high of 36
points versus Coffee County Central...
Earned the squad's MVP and best
offensive player awards as a
senior...Tallied over 30 points in six
games during her final season...
Earned all-state honors after both junior
and senior campaigns...Named to the
all-tournament team at the Glaxo-
Holiday Invitational in North Carolina...
Selected to the Tennessee all-star team
that competed in Chattanooga against
the Georgia all-star squad...Three-time
all-region selection...Earned all-district
as a junior and was voted best defensive
player on Shelbyville club...1997
squad was the runner-up at the state
championships... Helped team to the
1995 state title.
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| NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: |
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Amanda was a member of the 16-andunder
Shelbyville Sport Shop squad
that claimed the 1996 national championship
held in Spokane, Wash...
Named an AAU All-American at the
national tournament in 1996...AAU
18-and-under squad finished fifth
nationally at the 1998 tournament in
Indianapolis...Nominated as a WBCA
All-American.
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| PERSONAL: |
|
Amanda is pursuing a
degree in nursing...She plans to become
a nurse anesthetist after graduation...
She earned the 1998 Female
Scholar-Athlete of the Year award at
Shelbyville and was honored as a
U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-
Athlete...Achieved a 3.8 GPA and
graduated with honors from Shelbyville...
Honored with the Columbia Sport
Medicine Scholastic Award, the TSSAA
Distinguished Scholastic Award and the
Bellevue Exchange Club Outstanding
Student-Athlete Award...Member of the
Shelbyville National Honor Society,
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, student
council, keyettes and Spanish
club...Lists winning the 16-and-under
national title as her biggest sports
thrill...Plays the piano and enjoys tennis,
swimming, horseback riding, canoeing
and spending time with family
and friends...Most admires the late
Princess Diana, "Pistol Pete" Maravich
and Michael Jordan...Patterned her
athletic career after former Lady Vol
Tiffany Woosley...Credits her father
and high school coach Rick Insell as
the biggest influences on her athletic
career...Father graduated from the
University of Tennessee medical school
in Memphis... Has two brothers, Rob,
34, and Josh, 18, and five sisters,
Jennifer, 32, Carrie, 30, Katie, 17, Abby,
16 and Reagan, two-year old...
Amanda Nell Canon was born on Dec.
8, 1979, in Tullahoma, Tenn...Her father
is Dr. Robert M. Canon of Shelbyville
and her mother, Doris Canon, also
resides in Shelbyville.
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| CAREER TOTALS FOR CANON |
| YEAR | G | FGM | FGA | PCT. | 3PM | 3PA | PCT. | FTM | FTA | PCT. | REB-AVG. | PF-DQ | TP-AVG. | AS | TO | BK | ST | MIN |
| 1998-99 | 19 | 3 | 16 | .188 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 8-0.4 | 12-0 | 13-0.7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 68 |
| 1999-00 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1-0.1 | 0-0 | 9-1.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2000-01 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 1-0.1 | 4-0 | 12-1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 27 | .259 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 18 | 24 | .750 | 10-0.3 | 16-0 | 34-0.9 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 109 |
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| CANON'S 2000-01 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |
| Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals |
| DePaul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Peay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| CANON'S 1999-00 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |
| Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals |
| Tennessee-Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DePaul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N.C. State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Furman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals |
| Portland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Joseph's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DePaul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi State | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Appalachian State | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boston College | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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